will be found a fallen pillar of red granite half buried in the
earth. The square tract of land extending beyond this broken
column is the field known to the Prophet Esdras as the 'FIELD OF
ARDATH'"

He was on the east bank of the Euphrates already,--and a walk of
three miles and a half could surely be accomplished in an hour or
very little over that time. Hesitating no longer he made his way
out of the house, deciding that if he met Elzear he would say he
was going for a moonlight stroll before retiring to rest. That
venerable recluse, however, was nowhere to be seen,--and as the
door of the "Hermitage" was only fastened with a light latch he
had no difficulty in effecting a noiseless exit. Once in the open
air he stopped, . . startled by the sound of full, fresh, youthful
voices singing in clear and harmonious unison ... "KYRIE ELEISON!
CHRISTE ELEISON! KYRIE ELEISON!" He listened, . . looking everywhere
about him in utter amazement. There was no habitation in sight
save Elzear's,--and the chorus certainly did not proceed from
thence, but rather seemed to rise upward through the earth,
floating in released sweet echoes to and fro upon the hushed air.
"KYRIE ELEISON! ... CHRISTE ELEISON!" How it swayed about him like
a close chime of bells!

He stood motionless, perplexed and. wondering, ... was there a
subterranean grotto near at hand where devotional chants were
sung?--or, . . and a slight tremor ran through him at the thought, . .
was there something supernatural in the music, notwithstanding its
human-seeming speech and sound? Just then it ceased, ... all was
again silent as before, . . and angry with himself for his own
foolish fancies, he set about the task of discovering the "sunken